New light on Prokofiev’s Spanish wife?
Carolina Codina married Sergei Prokofiev in 1923, returned with him to Moscow in 1936, was dumped by her husband four years later and would up in one of Stalin’s gulags. Now, a Polish play in […]
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Bayreuth shrinks its chorus, again
The festival is making stringent economies. Before it began, Katharina Wagner said that, after cuts, the chorus would be maintained at 134 singers. Today, the festival website listed 118. Tobias Könemann of the Union of […]
War Horse composer, teminally ill, releases violin concerto
‘How long have I got to live?’ says Adrian Sutton, composer of the theatre hit War Horse, who has terminal cancer. ‘No idea.. but in my situation, I can’t waste time thinking about things I […]
A US concertmaster is charged with child rape
Ohio Police have arrested a former concertmaster of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra in connection with the alleged rape of a child between the years 2008 and 2019, starting when she was six years old. He […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Channelling Edward Moore – Met Musum
Channelling Edward Moore – Met Museum Obsessions are fascinating. Here’s a splendid film about one woman’s job. Eileen Travell is a photographer at the Met. It is her voice telling us about the objects made […]
Death of a major New York piano teacher, 92
The pianist Nina Svetlanova, beloved by generations of students at the Manhattan School of Music and the Mannes College of Music, passed away today at her home in New York. She was 92. She retired […]
Hilary Hahn is unwell
The US violinist has cancelled next month’s European tour with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and conductor Thierry Fischer. She will be replaced by Roman Simovic, leader of the London Symphony Orchestra, in the Ginastera […]
So what next for JEG?
In his rupture from the orchestras he founded, John Eliot Gardiner made it clear he is not ready to retire. He said: For the avoidance of doubt, I am not in any sense ready to […]
Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s exit statement
The following message has just landed from the conductor, via his agency, following his departure from the orchestras he founded: After a long period of deep consideration and reflection, I have decided to step down […]
Exclusive: John Eliot Gardiner is sacked by his orchestras
The board of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras today terminated its relationship with the conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner, who has been suspended since a violent incident 11 months ago. The termination is abrupt and […]
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